The Odisha government Friday said that it has taken up with the Wildlife Institute of India (WII) the demand of local people for shifting a Royal Bengal tigress which allegedly killed a woman near Satkosia Wildlife Sanctuary in Angul district on Wednesday.
The tigress was brought from Madhya Pradesh's Bandhavgarh National Park to Satkosia and released into wild on August 17.
"We have taken up the matter with the Wildlife Institute of India. We are also waiting for the post-mortem report of the woman. We will abide by the decision of WII. But so far, no decision has been taken to relocate the tigress," Odisha Forest and Environment Minister Bijayshree Routray told reporters.
The state government had brought a pair of RBTs, one male and a female from MP, to repopulate big cats at Satkosia Tiger Reserve.
The local people alleged that the tigress "Sundari" killed a woman and set on fire two Forest department offices and are demanding the shifting of the tigress.
The minister, however, said: "It is not yet confirmed that the tigress killed the woman. The injury marks found on the woman's body do not indicate that she was killed by tigress. How can you conclude that the tigress killed the woman?"
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